Python Manager Discovery

microsoft/vscode-python-environments/.github/skills/python-manager-discovery

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Environment manager-specific discovery patterns and known issues. Use when working on or reviewing environment discovery code for conda, poetry, pipenv, pyenv, or venv.

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Versionv1.0.0

AuthorMicrosoft

Categorycoding

Skill IDmicrosoft/vscode-python-environments/.github/skills/python-manager-discovery

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